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US 2022/0349140 A1Published application
Fusegate with ice-breaking system
AssigneeHydroplus
InventorsFranck DEL REY, Camille PERARD, Pierrick TESSEREAU
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Abstract
A fusegate for a hydraulic structure includes a trough with walls for attaching the normal barrage at a predetermined height, a pressure chamber provided between a base of the fusegate and the upper surface of the spillway, a means for pressurising the chamber according to a maximum predefined height of a water level upstream of the fusegate, the fusegate further comprising systems for breaking ice which are attached to the gate.
Claims9
A fusegate for a hydraulic structure having
- a trough comprising walls making it possible to fix the normal impoundment at a predetermined height,
- a pressurizing chamber provided between a base of the fusegate and an upper surface of a spillway on which the fusegate is positioned,
- means for pressurizing the pressurizing chamber according to a predefined maximum height of a water level upstream of the fusegate, wherein the fusegate also has systems for breaking ice that are attached to the fusegate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.